Red roses are at the place where Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 near the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 2, 2015.

Red roses are at the place where Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 near the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 2, 2015. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / Associated Press)

The sun sets as a visitor uses his mobile phone during the opening day of the 2015 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on March 2, 2015. Phone makers will seek to seduce new buyers with even smarter Internet-connected watches and other wireless gadgets as they wrestle for dominance at the...

The sun sets as a visitor uses his mobile phone during the opening day of the 2015 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on March 2, 2015. Phone makers will seek to seduce new buyers with even smarter Internet-connected watches and other wireless gadgets as they wrestle for dominance at the... (JOSEP LAGO / AFP/Getty Images)

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission took two actions that we should rejoice about in Connecticut: First, it declared that broadband is an essential public utility, like electricity or the telephone, to which every citizen should have access. Second, it held that municipalities...

It's simple: Just providing voters with election information is key to improving voter turnout, according to a volunteer election watchdog group that has recently released a study of municipal websites.

Towns

GLASTONBURY — Farms might be locked in Old Man Winter's vise, but the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce is thinking spring, and a Connecticut version of Farm Aid with bands, food trucks and a farmers market.

MILFORD — First, it was the grueling hours after his sister's murder that tortured Matthew Ducsay, endless moments of wondering who had killed the aspiring actress and whether there would ever be justice for his family.

Nation & World

Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose once-bright political future was all but destroyed over an affair with his biographer, has agreed to plead guilty to charges he shared classified material with her for her book.